Strindberg's One-Act Plays: A Selection: Simoom, Facing Death, The Outlaw, The Bond

To most English-language readers and theatergoers, Strindberg is mainly known for naturalistic plays such as Miss Julie and The Father, but the dramatic production of Sweden's national playwright is infinitely richer and more extensive than these would suggest. This volume presents four of Strindberg's lesser-known one-act plays, The Bond, Facing Death, The Outlaw, and Simoom, written between 1871 and 1892, which showcase Strindberg's remarkable range. But when read together they form a thematic unity, revealing the beating heart of Strindberg's creativity, the issue at the core of his writing: love as a war eternally waged man and woman, husband and wife, children and parents, and individuals and society. Translated by Agnes Broomé, Anna Holmwood, John Mitchinson, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Anna Tebelius, and Nichola Smalley.